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PIROPLASM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does piroplasm mean?
• PIROPLASM (noun)
The noun PIROPLASM has 1 sense:
1. minute parasite of red blood cells of mammals transmitted by a tick and causing diseases of domestic animals
Familiarity information: PIROPLASM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Minute parasite of red blood cells of mammals transmitted by a tick and causing diseases of domestic animals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("piroplasm" is a kind of...):
sporozoan (parasitic spore-forming protozoan)
Holonyms ("piroplasm" is a member of...):
Babesiidae; family Babesiidae (piroplasms and cattle pathogens)
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